Steven Avery's mother believes Teresa Halbach is still alive

Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” 10-part documentary has divided
many viewers into two camps: Those who believe
Steven Avery is guilty of murdering 25-year-old Teresa
Halbach and those who believe
he’s innocent.

But perhaps no one believes Avery is innocent more than his
mother, Dolores.

Fans of the docuseries know Dolores for her unwavering support
and belief in her son, making frequent trips to the jail, sitting
resolutely at his trial, and giving multiple interviews to
filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi.

And now, Dolores is speaking out after the documentary to not
only insist of her son’s innocence, but theorizes that the
victim, Teresa Halbach, may still be alive.

In audio from "The Hill-Man Morning Show" on Boston's
WAAF radio,published
by TMZ, Dolores explains this belief to the hosts.

After being asked who she thought killed Halbach, Dolores
replied, “I don’t know, but I wish the person would come forward.
But I don’t think she’s even dead.”

As for the evidence in the trial that proved the bones in the
burn pit belonged to Halbach, Dolores at first asked “How do you
know if them were her bones?” before adding that someone could
have “planted them then,” just like the allegedly planted RAV4
key of Halbach’s car in Avery’s trailer.

Teresa
Halbach.Netflix

Though the DNA evidence proves the bones found on the Avery
property are Halbach’s, there is some discrepancy according to
Avery’s defense lawyers on when she was killed.

The state’s timeline says Avery tortured, raped, and killed
Halbach along with his 16-year-old nephew Brendan Dassey on
October 31, 2005.

The defense notes, however, that Halbach wasn’t reported missing
until late in the afternoon of November 3 and a mysterious
someone accessed Halbach’s phone mailbox on November 2.

“So here, 36 hours earlier, we have someone listening to her
voicemail,” one of Avery’s former defense
attorneys
Jerry Buting explained to RollingStone. “Why? Either she's
not dead and she's listening to them herself — which of
course didn't sit with the state's theory — or somebody else
is doing that.”